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Privacy Act 2020

Repeal, revocation, and consequential amendments

Schedule 5: Information matching provisions

You could also call this:

"Rules about when government departments can share your information with each other"

The Information matching provisions schedule lists various laws that allow information sharing between government agencies. This schedule is part of the Privacy Act 2020.

The schedule shows different laws and the specific sections in those laws that allow information matching. For example, the Accident Compensation Act 2001 allows information matching in sections 246, 280, and 281.

Each law in the schedule has a link to its full text, and each section mentioned has a link to that specific part of the law. This makes it easy for you to find more details about how information can be shared under these laws if you need to.

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5Information matching provisions Empowered by ss 177, 188

The following table is small in size and has 2 columns. Column 1 is headed Enactment. Column 2 is headed Information matching provision.
Enactment Information matching provision
Accident Compensation Act 2001 Sections 246, 280, and 281
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 Section 112
Citizenship Act 1977 Section 26A
Corrections Act 2004 Sections 180 to 180D and 181
Customs and Excise Act 2018 Sections 306 to 310
Education and Training Act 2020 clause 9 of Schedule 3 and clauses 7, 8, and 9 of Schedule 9
Electoral Act 1993 Sections 263A and 263B
Electronic Identity Verification Act 2012 Section 39
Immigration Act 2009 Sections 294, 295, 298, 299, and 300
Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003 Sections 120 to 123
Social Security Act 2018 Section 385(3), clauses 13 and 15 of Schedule 6
Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 Section 208
Tax Administration Act 1994 Clauses 41, 42, 43, and 45 of Schedule 7
Notes
  • Schedule 5 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995: repealed, on , by section 147 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).
  • Schedule 5 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021: inserted, on , by section 147 of the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 2021 (2021 No 57).
  • Schedule 5 Education Act 1989: repealed, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
  • Schedule 5 Education and Training Act 2020: inserted, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).